More people watched NFL than Clinton*

9/6/12 3:13 PM EDT

*UPDATE (6:09 p.m.): According to the final Nielsen ratings, which include PBS and Current TV, a grand total of 25.1 million viewers watched the Democratic convention, more than the 23.9 million who watched the opening game of the NFL. Excluding PBS and Current TV, NBC's ratings were still higher than those of ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — 23.9 million people watched the NFL season opener between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys on NBC last night, more than the entire audience for former President Bill Clinton's convention speech across the five other major broadcast and cable networks, according to early Nielsen fast nationals from NBC Sports.

In the 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. block, roughly 20 million people watched Clinton's speech on ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and Fox: 4.6 million people watched ABC; 4.5 million watched MSNBC; 4.4 million watched CBS; 4.3 million watched CNN; and just over 3 million watched Fox News, according to the early numbers provided by CNN.